Injuries may soon become a problem, but the Cardinals have taken over the top spot thanks to the second-best record in baseball. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
Cardinals Emerge As Baseball's Best
Tigers Top First OPSERA Rankings Of Season
The Tigers have the best record in baseball and sit atop our first OPSERA rankings of the 2015 season. The remainder of the top five includes a few surprises. Read more »
Blue Jays Are Biggest Threat To Bryce Harper's Baseball Innocence
One of the most random statistics in baseball, a sport filled with them, is that Bryce Harper has yet to face a pitcher young than him in the Major Leagues. Read more »
Can Anyone Challenge The Nationals In The NL?
The Nationals are the popular pick to win the NL this season, but the Dodgers stand in the way of a World Series appearance. Read more »
Who Takes The American League?
There isn't a clear-cut favorite in the American League this season, but the Mariners have the best chance to navigate successfully through 162 games. Can they get through the Angels, White Sox, Orioles and Tigers? Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 150 Overall
Mike Trout, Andrew McCutchen, Giancarlo Stanton, Paul Goldschmidt and Clayton Kershaw are the top-5 of our 150 fantasy baseball rankings for 2015. Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Relief Pitchers
Without fail, closers are the most overdrafted position in fantasy baseball – every season. The recommended strategy is to grab one established closer at a fair draft slot and then wait it out. Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Starting Pitchers
Starting pitching runs deep, so you can assemble a solid staff comprising mostly of pitchers in the later tiers without reaching for the likes of Clayton Kershaw. Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Outfielders
Try to go with upside after you snag your top guys, as there will be a handful of guys in the lower tiers that will pop and bring you a great ROI. Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Shortstops
The entire infield runs deep except for shortstop where Troy Tulowitzki is alone on tier 1 and there is a massive drop from tier 2 to tier 3. Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Third Basemen
Looking at the third base landscape on a macro level, the best strategy is to be patient and grab two players from the tier 3 or 4 group, with at least one being an upside player. Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Second Basemen
The delta between tier 1 and the next level is significant, so for strategy purposes, either grab a tier 1 guy or wait to fill your second base position later on (Wong or a tier 3 player). Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: First Basemen
First base runs deep this season, with a bevy of new stars emerging at the position. Up to five first basemen could conceivably go in the first round of your league. Read more »
2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catchers
Buster Posey once again stands alone at the top ahead of Jonathan Lucroy, Carlos Santana, Devin Mesoraco, Yan Gomes, Salvador Perez, Evan Gattis and Yadier Molina. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Padres Continue To Remodel, Sign James Shields
The Padres have retooled under A.J. Preller and signing James Shields may not be their final move. They have a surplus of starters and time to swing another blockbuster trade. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Nationals Add Scherzer On Seven-Year Deal
Max Scherzer bet on himself when he turned down a lucrative offer from the Tigers in March and 10 months later he looks brilliant. The Nationals will pay Scherzer $210 million through 2028 in a unique contract agreement. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Cardinals, Lance Lynn Agree To $22M Contract
The Cardinals didn't buy out any of Lance Lynn's first few years of free agency, which makes the pitcher the easy winner of this arbitration-avoiding deal. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Asdrubal Cabrera Signs With Rays
Asdrubal Cabrera struggled in 2014, which allowed the Rays to sign him to an affordable one-year deal. If last season was the beginning of the end, both Tampa Bay and Cabrera are in trouble. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Yankees Agree To Sign Stephen Drew
Stephen Drew will earn a base salary of $5 million to play second base and provide a safety net for the Yankees at shortstop. He's also less than two years removed from a respectable offensive season with the Red Sox. Read more »